Overview

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is the best cardio thoracic surgeon in India and the founder of Narayana Hospital Bangalore. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Narayana Health and also served as a Managing Director. Dr. Shetty of Narayana Hospital Bangalore has served as a Senior Consultant. He serves as an Advisor of Embrace Innovations and you can contact him via Email id drdeviprasadshetty@indiacardiacsurgerysite.com or call to get an appointment of Dr. Shetty Narayana Hospital Bangalore at +91-9370586696.

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is a cardiac surgeon and Indian philanthropist who has served as a member of the board of Governors of the Medical COuncial in India for a year from May 2010 to May 2011 after the reconstitution of MCI.

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty for Best Cardio Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty of Narayana Hospital Bangalore is the best cardio thoracic surgeon and founded a multi-specialty hospital Narayana Hrudayala in Bommasandra at Bangalore city. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty has later founded the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Scienced (RTIICS) in Kolkata.

He has performed over 15,000 heart operations of which 5000 were done on kids. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is a world renowned cardiac surgeon with more than 25 years of experience. He has completed his MBBS from Kasturba Medical College in Mangalore. Later, the best cardio thoracic surgeon in India has done MS (General Surgery) from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty of Narayana Hospital Bangalore got his training in Cardiac Surgery at West Midlands Cardio-Thoracic Rotation Program between Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry and East Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham. Followed by this, he was appointment at the Cardio-Thoracic unit, Guys Hospital, London since the year 1983 to 1989.

Specialties

The specialities of Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, who is the best cardio thoracic surgeon in India include the following:

• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Cardiovascular Surgery
• Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

Awards

Dr. Shetty of Narayana Hospital Bangalore is the best cardio thoracic surgeon in India, got the following awards for his contributionin the field of cardio thoracic surgery.

• Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award in for the year 2003.
• For the first time in India, he used a left ventricular assist device to temporarily support a failing heart.
• Ernst & Young-Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003.
• In 1990, he became the first surgeon in India to venture into Neonatal open heart surgery by performing the open-heart surgery on a 9-day-old baby.
• Dr. B.C. Roy Award for the year 2003.
• He is one of the few surgeons in the world to use a microchip camera to perform a keyhole heart surgery.
• Padma Shri Award for Medicine in 2004.
• Dr. Shetty has performed Asia’s first dynamic cardiomyoplasty operation to strengthen the weak heart muscle using the chest wall muscle.
• Karnataka Ratna Award in the year 2001.
• Dr. Shetty has one of the largest experiences in the world in performing the bypass-grafting operation on a beating heart.
• Rajyotsava Award in the year 2002.
• Dr. Shetty has won several awards for his contribution in both Medical Science and Public Welfare.
• Schwab Foundation's award in 2005.

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